N. O., J. & G. N. R. R. v. Wallace
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the circuit court of Lawrence county. Hon, Uriah Millsaps, Judge. This was an action brought by defendant iu error, against the plaintiffs in error, in the circuit court of Lawrence county, at the May term, 1869, thereof, to recover damages for an injury alleged to have been sustained by him, resulting from a collision of trains of cars belonging to the plaintiff in error, on the 27th day of February, 1862, near Pontchitoula, in the state of Louisiana.
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Error to the circuit court of Lawrence county. Hon, Uriah Millsaps, Judge. This was an action brought by defendant iu error, against the plaintiffs in error, in the circuit court of Lawrence county, at the May term, 1869, thereof, to recover damages for an injury alleged to have been sustained by him, resulting from a collision of trains of cars belonging to the plaintiff in error, on the 27th day of February, 1862, near Pontchitoula, in the state of Louisiana. The declaration charges gross negligence, carelessness and misconduct on the part of plaintiff’s agents and employees. Defendant…
1Opinion of the CourtPeyton, C. J.
This was a suit brought in the circuit court of Lawrence county 5 by the defendant in error against the plaintiffs in error, to recover damages for an injury alleged to have been sustained by him, resulting from a collision of trains of cars belonging to the plaintiffs, on the 27th day of February, 1862, near Pontchitoula, in the state of Louisiana, which is alleged to have been caused by the gross negligence, carlessless and misconduct of the agents and servants of the said plaintiffs.
The defendants below demurred to this action, for the want of jurisdiction in the court to entertain the…
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